To the Editor: The power line Hydro Quebec, (CMP), wants to put through Maine is all about getting the most money they can! I’m sure Canada could use the “surplus” power, but not as profitable for HQ as selling it to Massachusetts. Secondly, the “green energy” is not nearly as green as Solar or Wind. The […]

To the Editor: Once again, residents of the Bethel area and visitors to the annual HarvestFest have helped raise funds to address hunger locally and around the world. One in five children in Maine is food insecure, or is not sure they will have enough to eat every day. To help these families, the West […]

To the Editor: I am writing to express my deep appreciation for Energy Matters, a column written by Paul and Cynthia Stancioff that regularly appears in the Bethel Citizen. In this era of misinformation and mini-bites it is such a relief to read articles that clearly articulate renewable energy issues in some depth and breadth. […]

To the Editor: Are you getting inundated with scary messages about “Retroactivity”? I am one of over 120,000 people who signed a petition to get Question #1 on the ballot. I am also one of the many volunteers who stood in the freezing cold outside of stores collecting signatures. You probably saw me at the […]

To the Editor: Today, nearly 30% of Mainers over the age of 65 are living exclusively off Social Security. Our financial future as a community is grim. For instance, it is a sobering fact that more than 207,000 working Mainers between the ages of 18 and 64 currently have no access to a retirement savings […]

To the Editor: Bethel’s American Legion Post 81 will be holding a ceremony for the “Dignified Disposal of Unserviceable Flags” on Tuesday, October 12 at 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Legion building, located at 85 Vernon Street in Bethel. Members of the community are invited to bring their faded, worn out, or […]

To the Editor: Central Maine Power’s (CMP) electricity corridor is a bad deal for Maine for many reasons, and I believe that is why CMP, which has been ranked as the worst-run U.S. company for customer satisfaction (https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/central-maine-power-again-ranks-worst-in-us-for-business-customer-satisfaction), is spending millions of dollars on deceptive ads trying to confuse people and convince them to support […]

To the Editor: Two recent columns poorly misrepresent both the science and the global consensus that wood bioenergy is a key part of the solution to achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and addressing the climate crisis. Contrary to the authors’ claims, leading climate science authorities and government bodies such as the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

To the Editor:  Sorry kids, I felt the need to express my concerns at the risk of embarrassing you. I’ve had the complicated blessing of seeing my three girls a little more because of COVID. They had flown the nest but have yo-yoed back around a little more because of circumstances (which I hate to […]

To the Editor: The 6th Annual Bethel Rotary 5K run/walk and 1-mile youth event was held both live and virtually and has been declared a huge success! All proceeds from the event are dedicated to supporting after-school and enrichment programming for Bethel area youth. The majority of the funds were raised through sponsorships and we […]